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Akash Bhatnagar (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 20, 2020)

When quizzed on her perfect man, Kiara Advani stated that he should have the wit of Jennifer Lawrence, look like Hrithik Roshan and have the discipline and stamina of Akshay Kumar. Done? Not yet. “He should have money like the Ambanis and the talent of Farhan Akhtar and Ayushmann Khurrana,” she quipped. Now, that’s a really tall order!

The revelation was made when she was on Neha Dhupia’s chat show. One of the fittest actresses in B-Town, Kiara confided that it’s because she dines daily on bhindi (okra), kaddu (pumpkin) and salmon. “I don’t think anybody eats bhindi with salmon; even my mum finds it weird. It’s a taste I have acquired and love,” she asserted, adding that she even sneaks her bhindi curry into gourmet restaurants in Bandra.

Her attachment to food is so extreme that she becomes angry without it. “My dad tells me to always carry a box of nuts to munch on while my mom says that my true colours come out when I haven’t eaten,” Kiara shared, describing herself as a split personality. “I start getting hungry around 12 noon but lunch break happens around 1.30-2 pm. So, when they see me, my team slowly starts sneaking out of the vanity van.”

Any phobias? Birds. Kiara confessed that she can never do a song like Sonam Kapoor’s “Masakali” and if anyone asks her to do so, she would walk out of the film.